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Re: Fernandez 230 mm gyuto

Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:41 pm

It's finicky on the heat treat side, but when done right it's hard to beat. These particular blades have been heat treated by Josh Dabney; triple normalization to ensure the finest grain structure before heat treat. I'm getting my own heat treat oven in about 2 weeks and will be using the same recipe. As far as how the steel finishes, I like it a lot, still easier to finish than stainless but still has good wear resistance. This stuff seems to take a nice stiff edge, doesn't roll as easy as other 52100's I've tried. That little extra hardness (62) really makes a difference.

Re: Fernandez 230 mm gyuto

Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:17 pm

It's not that the steel is expensive, it's actually cheaper than s35, it's just more time consuming to make a better grind by myself as opposed to having Lamson bang them out for me. I think the price will be more like 250 from now on instead of 300, I'd rather them move faster.